1986 College Football Polls

AP Polls

AP Polls Table
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
15	Final	1	Penn State	2	1	54	Ind
15	Final	2	Miami (FL)	1	1		Ind
15	Final	3	Oklahoma	3		3	Big 8
15	Final	4	Arizona State	7	3		Pac-10
15	Final	5	Nebraska	6	1		Big 8
15	Final	6	Auburn	10	4		SEC
15	Final	7	Ohio State	11	4		Big Ten
15	Final	8	Michigan	4	4		Big Ten
15	Final	9	Alabama	13	4		SEC
15	Final	10	LSU	5	5		SEC
15	Final	11	Arizona	16	5		Pac-10
15	Final	12	Baylor	14	2		SWC
15	Final	13	Texas A&M	8	5		SWC
15	Final	14	UCLA	15	1		Pac-10
15	Final	15	Arkansas	9	6		SWC
15	Final	16	Iowa	19	3		Big Ten
15	Final	17	Clemson				ACC
15	Final	18	Washington	12	6		Pac-10
15	Final	19	Boston College				Ind
15	Final	20	Virginia Tech				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
14	1986-12-02	1	Miami (FL) (11-0-0)	1		53	Ind
14	1986-12-02	2	Penn State (11-0-0)	2		5	Ind
14	1986-12-02	3	Oklahoma (10-1-0)	3			Big 8
14	1986-12-02	4	Michigan (10-1-0)	4			Big Ten
14	1986-12-02	5	LSU (9-2-0)	5			SEC
14	1986-12-02	6	Nebraska (9-2-0)	6			Big 8
14	1986-12-02	7	Arizona State (9-1-1)	8	1		Pac-10
14	1986-12-02	8	Texas A&M (9-2-0)	10	2		SWC
14	1986-12-02	9	Arkansas (9-2-0)	9			SWC
14	1986-12-02	10	Auburn (9-2-0)	14	4		SEC
14	1986-12-02	11	Ohio State (9-3-0)	11			Big Ten
14	1986-12-02	12	Washington (8-2-1)	13	1		Pac-10
14	1986-12-02	13	Alabama (9-3-0)	7	6		SEC
14	1986-12-02	14	Baylor (8-3-0)	16	2		SWC
14	1986-12-02	15	UCLA (7-3-1)	15			Pac-10
14	1986-12-02	16	Arizona (8-3-0)	12	4		Pac-10
14	1986-12-02	17	Georgia (8-3-0)	18	1		SEC
14	1986-12-02	18	North Carolina State (8-2-1)	19	1		ACC
14	1986-12-02	19	Iowa (8-3-0)	20	1		Big Ten
14	1986-12-02	20	Stanford (8-3-0)				Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
13	1986-11-25	1	Miami (FL) (10-0-0)	1		54	Ind
13	1986-11-25	2	Penn State (11-0-0)	2		4	Ind
13	1986-11-25	3	Oklahoma (10-1-0)	3			Big 8
13	1986-11-25	4	Michigan (10-1-0)	6	2		Big Ten
13	1986-11-25	5	LSU (8-2-0)	8	3		SEC
13	1986-11-25	6	Nebraska (9-2-0)	5	1		Big 8
13	1986-11-25	7	Alabama (9-2-0)	9	2		SEC
13	1986-11-25	8	Arizona State (9-1-1)	4	4		Pac-10
13	1986-11-25	9	Arkansas (9-2-0)	11	2		SWC
13	1986-11-25	10	Texas A&M (8-2-0)	13	3		SWC
13	1986-11-25	11	Ohio State (9-3-0)	7	4		Big Ten
13	1986-11-25	12	Arizona (8-2-0)	14	2		Pac-10
13	1986-11-25	13	Washington (8-2-1)	12	1		Pac-10
13	1986-11-25	14	Auburn (8-2-0)	15	1		SEC
13	1986-11-25	15	UCLA (7-3-1)	18	3		Pac-10
13	1986-11-25	16	Baylor (8-3-0)	17	1		SWC
13	1986-11-25	17	USC (7-3-0)	10	7		Pac-10
13	1986-11-25	18	Georgia (7-3-0)	20	2		SEC
13	1986-11-25	19	North Carolina State (8-2-1)				ACC
13	1986-11-25	20	Iowa (8-3-0)				Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
12	1986-11-18	1	Miami (FL) (10-0-0)	1		56	Ind
12	1986-11-18	2	Penn State (10-0-0)	3	1	3	Ind
12	1986-11-18	3	Oklahoma (9-1-0)	4	1		Big 8
12	1986-11-18	4	Arizona State (9-0-1)	5	1	1	Pac-10
12	1986-11-18	5	Nebraska (9-1-0)	6	1		Big 8
12	1986-11-18	6	Michigan (9-1-0)	2	4		Big Ten
12	1986-11-18	7	Ohio State (9-2-0)	9	2		Big Ten
12	1986-11-18	8	LSU (7-2-0)	12	4		SEC
12	1986-11-18	9	Alabama (9-2-0)	11	2		SEC
12	1986-11-18	10	USC (7-2-0)	13	3		Pac-10
12	1986-11-18	11	Arkansas (8-2-0)	17	6		SWC
12	1986-11-18	12	Washington (7-2-1)	10	2		Pac-10
12	1986-11-18	13	Texas A&M (7-2-0)	7	6		SWC
12	1986-11-18	14	Arizona (7-2-0)	14			Pac-10
12	1986-11-18	15	Auburn (8-2-0)	8	7		SEC
12	1986-11-18	16	Stanford (7-2-0)	16			Pac-10
12	1986-11-18	17	Baylor (7-3-0)	18	1		SWC
12	1986-11-18	18	UCLA (6-3-1)	19	1		Pac-10
12	1986-11-18	19	Clemson (7-2-1)	15	4		ACC
12	1986-11-18	20	Georgia (7-3-0)				SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
11	1986-11-11	1	Miami (FL) (9-0-0)	1		57	Ind
11	1986-11-11	2	Michigan (9-0-0)	3	1	1	Big Ten
11	1986-11-11	3	Penn State (9-0-0)	2	1	1	Ind
11	1986-11-11	4	Oklahoma (8-1-0)	4			Big 8
11	1986-11-11	5	Arizona State (8-0-1)	5		1	Pac-10
11	1986-11-11	6	Nebraska (8-1-0)	7	1	1	Big 8
11	1986-11-11	7	Texas A&M (7-1-0)	8	1		SWC
11	1986-11-11	8	Auburn (8-1-0)	9	1		SEC
11	1986-11-11	9	Ohio State (8-2-0)	11	2		Big Ten
11	1986-11-11	10	Washington (7-2-0)	13	3		Pac-10
11	1986-11-11	11	Alabama (8-2-0)	6	5		SEC
11	1986-11-11	12	LSU (6-2-0)	18	6		SEC
11	1986-11-11	13	USC (6-2-0)	14	1		Pac-10
11	1986-11-11	14	Arizona (7-2-0)	17	3		Pac-10
11	1986-11-11	15	Clemson (7-2-0)	20	5		ACC
11	1986-11-11	16	Stanford (7-2-0)				Pac-10
11	1986-11-11	17	Arkansas (7-2-0)	10	7		SWC
11	1986-11-11	18	Baylor (6-3-0)				SWC
11	1986-11-11	19	UCLA (6-3-0)	12	7		Pac-10
11	1986-11-11	20	Ole Miss (6-2-1)				SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
10	1986-11-04	1	Miami (FL) (8-0-0)	1		53	Ind
10	1986-11-04	2	Penn State (8-0-0)	2		4	Ind
10	1986-11-04	3	Michigan (8-0-0)	3		1	Big Ten
10	1986-11-04	4	Oklahoma (7-1-0)	4			Big 8
10	1986-11-04	5	Arizona State (7-0-1)	7	2		Pac-10
10	1986-11-04	6	Alabama (8-1-0)	8	2	1	SEC
10	1986-11-04	7	Nebraska (7-1-0)	9	2		Big 8
10	1986-11-04	8	Texas A&M (7-1-0)	10	2		SWC
10	1986-11-04	9	Auburn (7-1-0)	5	4		SEC
10	1986-11-04	10	Arkansas (7-1-0)	13	3		SWC
10	1986-11-04	11	Ohio State (7-2-0)	17	6		Big Ten
10	1986-11-04	12	UCLA (6-2-0)	15	3		Pac-10
10	1986-11-04	13	Washington (6-2-0)	6	7		Pac-10
10	1986-11-04	14	USC (6-2-0)	18	4		Pac-10
10	1986-11-04	15	North Carolina State (6-1-1)	16	1		ACC
10	1986-11-04	16	Iowa (6-2-0)	11	5		Big Ten
10	1986-11-04	17	Arizona (6-2-0)	14	3		Pac-10
10	1986-11-04	18	LSU (5-2-0)	12	6		SEC
10	1986-11-04	19	Georgia (6-2-0)				SEC
10	1986-11-04	20	Clemson (6-2-0)				ACC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
9	1986-10-28	1	Miami (FL) (7-0-0)	1		55	Ind
9	1986-10-28	2	Penn State (7-0-0)	6	4	4	Ind
9	1986-10-28	3	Michigan (7-0-0)	4	1	1	Big Ten
9	1986-10-28	4	Oklahoma (6-1-0)	5	1		Big 8
9	1986-10-28	5	Auburn (7-0-0)	7	2		SEC
9	1986-10-28	6	Washington (6-1-0)	8	2		Pac-10
9	1986-10-28	7	Arizona State (6-0-1)	9	2		Pac-10
9	1986-10-28	8	Alabama (7-1-0)	2	6		SEC
9	1986-10-28	9	Nebraska (6-1-0)	3	6		Big 8
9	1986-10-28	10	Texas A&M (6-1-0)	10			SWC
9	1986-10-28	11	Iowa (6-1-0)	11			Big Ten
9	1986-10-28	12	LSU (5-1-0)	12			SEC
9	1986-10-28	13	Arkansas (6-1-0)	14	1		SWC
9	1986-10-28	14	Arizona (6-1-0)	15	1		Pac-10
9	1986-10-28	15	UCLA (5-2-0)	17	2		Pac-10
9	1986-10-28	16	North Carolina State (5-1-1)	20	4		ACC
9	1986-10-28	17	Ohio State (6-2-0)				Big Ten
9	1986-10-28	18	USC (5-2-0)				Pac-10
9	1986-10-28	19	Mississippi State (6-2-0)	13	6		SEC
9	1986-10-28	20	Florida State (4-2-1)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
8	1986-10-21	1	Miami (FL) (7-0-0)	1		55	Ind
8	1986-10-21	2	Alabama (7-0-0)	2		3	SEC
8	1986-10-21	3	Nebraska (6-0-0)	3			Big 8
8	1986-10-21	4	Michigan (6-0-0)	4			Big Ten
8	1986-10-21	5	Oklahoma (5-1-0)	5			Big 8
8	1986-10-21	6	Penn State (6-0-0)	6		1	Ind
8	1986-10-21	7	Auburn (6-0-0)	7			SEC
8	1986-10-21	8	Washington (5-1-0)	9	1		Pac-10
8	1986-10-21	9	Arizona State (5-0-1)	10	1		Pac-10
8	1986-10-21	10	Texas A&M (5-1-0)	11	1		SWC
8	1986-10-21	11	Iowa (5-1-0)	8	3		Big Ten
8	1986-10-21	12	LSU (4-1-0)	12			SEC
8	1986-10-21	13	Mississippi State (6-1-0)	13			SEC
8	1986-10-21	14	Arkansas (5-1-0)	14			SWC
8	1986-10-21	15	Arizona (5-1-0)	16	1		Pac-10
8	1986-10-21	16	Clemson (5-1-0)	17	1		ACC
8	1986-10-21	17	UCLA (4-2-0)	19	2		Pac-10
8	1986-10-21	18	SMU (5-1-0)	20	2		SWC
8	1986-10-21	19	Stanford (5-1-0)				Pac-10
8	1986-10-21	20	North Carolina State (4-1-1)				ACC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
7	1986-10-14	1	Miami (FL) (6-0-0)	1		56	Ind
7	1986-10-14	2	Alabama (6-0-0)	2		2	SEC
7	1986-10-14	3	Nebraska (5-0-0)	3			Big 8
7	1986-10-14	4	Michigan (5-0-0)	4			Big Ten
7	1986-10-14	5	Oklahoma (4-1-0)	6	1		Big 8
7	1986-10-14	6	Penn State (5-0-0)	5	1	1	Ind
7	1986-10-14	7	Auburn (5-0-0)	7			SEC
7	1986-10-14	8	Iowa (5-0-0)	10	2		Big Ten
7	1986-10-14	9	Washington (4-1-0)	12	3		Pac-10
7	1986-10-14	10	Arizona State (4-0-1)	15	5		Pac-10
7	1986-10-14	11	Texas A&M (4-1-0)	14	3		SWC
7	1986-10-14	12	LSU (3-1-0)	16	4		SEC
7	1986-10-14	13	Mississippi State (5-1-0)	19	6		SEC
7	1986-10-14	14	Arkansas (4-1-0)	8	6		SWC
7	1986-10-14	15	USC (4-1-0)	9	6		Pac-10
7	1986-10-14	16	Arizona (4-1-0)	11	5		Pac-10
7	1986-10-14	17	Clemson (4-1-0)	20	3		ACC
7	1986-10-14	18	North Carolina (4-0-1)				ACC
7	1986-10-14	19	UCLA (3-2-0)				Pac-10
7	1986-10-14	20	Baylor (4-2-0)	13	7		SWC
7	1986-10-14	20	SMU (4-1-0)				SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
6	1986-10-07	1	Miami (FL) (5-0-0)	1		55	Ind
6	1986-10-07	2	Alabama (5-0-0)	2		2	SEC
6	1986-10-07	3	Nebraska (4-0-0)	3			Big 8
6	1986-10-07	4	Michigan (4-0-0)	4			Big Ten
6	1986-10-07	5	Penn State (4-0-0)	5		1	Ind
6	1986-10-07	6	Oklahoma (3-1-0)	6			Big 8
6	1986-10-07	7	Auburn (4-0-0)	7			SEC
6	1986-10-07	8	Arkansas (4-0-0)	8			SWC
6	1986-10-07	9	USC (4-0-0)	9			Pac-10
6	1986-10-07	10	Iowa (4-0-0)	11	1		Big Ten
6	1986-10-07	11	Arizona (4-0-0)	10	1		Pac-10
6	1986-10-07	12	Washington (3-1-0)	12			Pac-10
6	1986-10-07	13	Baylor (4-1-0)	13			SWC
6	1986-10-07	14	Texas A&M (3-1-0)	14			SWC
6	1986-10-07	15	Arizona State (3-0-1)	16	1		Pac-10
6	1986-10-07	16	LSU (2-1-0)	18	2		SEC
6	1986-10-07	17	North Carolina State (3-0-1)	20	3		ACC
6	1986-10-07	18	Stanford (4-0-0)				Pac-10
6	1986-10-07	19	Mississippi State (4-1-0)				SEC
6	1986-10-07	20	Clemson (3-1-0)				ACC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
5	1986-09-30	1	Miami (FL) (4-0-0)	2	1	56	Ind
5	1986-09-30	2	Alabama (4-0-0)	3	1	1	SEC
5	1986-09-30	3	Nebraska (3-0-0)	4	1		Big 8
5	1986-09-30	4	Michigan (3-0-0)	5	1		Big Ten
5	1986-09-30	5	Penn State (3-0-0)	7	2	1	Ind
5	1986-09-30	6	Oklahoma (2-1-0)	1	5		Big 8
5	1986-09-30	7	Auburn (3-0-0)	8	1		SEC
5	1986-09-30	8	Arkansas (3-0-0)	9	1		SWC
5	1986-09-30	9	USC (3-0-0)	12	3		Pac-10
5	1986-09-30	10	Arizona (4-0-0)	10			Pac-10
5	1986-09-30	11	Iowa (3-0-0)	15	4		Big Ten
5	1986-09-30	12	Washington (2-1-0)	6	6		Pac-10
5	1986-09-30	13	Baylor (3-1-0)	17	4		SWC
5	1986-09-30	14	Texas A&M (2-1-0)	14			SWC
5	1986-09-30	15	UCLA (2-1-0)	16	1		Pac-10
5	1986-09-30	16	Arizona State (2-0-1)	11	5		Pac-10
5	1986-09-30	17	Michigan State (2-1-0)	19	2		Big Ten
5	1986-09-30	18	LSU (1-1-0)	18			SEC
5	1986-09-30	19	Fresno State (3-0-0)				PCAA
5	1986-09-30	20	North Carolina State (3-0-1)				ACC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
4	1986-09-23	1	Oklahoma (2-0-0)	1		55	Big 8
4	1986-09-23	2	Miami (FL) (3-0-0)	2		1	Ind
4	1986-09-23	3	Alabama (4-0-0)	4	1		SEC
4	1986-09-23	4	Nebraska (2-0-0)	6	2	1	Big 8
4	1986-09-23	5	Michigan (2-0-0)	3	2		Big Ten
4	1986-09-23	6	Washington (2-0-0)	7	1	1	Pac-10
4	1986-09-23	7	Penn State (2-0-0)	5	2	1	Ind
4	1986-09-23	8	Auburn (2-0-0)	10	2		SEC
4	1986-09-23	9	Arkansas (2-0-0)	12	3		SWC
4	1986-09-23	10	Arizona (3-0-0)	17	7		Pac-10
4	1986-09-23	11	Arizona State (2-0-0)	18	7		Pac-10
4	1986-09-23	12	USC (2-0-0)				Pac-10
4	1986-09-23	13	Maryland (3-0-0)				ACC
4	1986-09-23	14	Texas A&M (1-1-0)	16	2		SWC
4	1986-09-23	15	Iowa (2-0-0)				Big Ten
4	1986-09-23	16	UCLA (1-1-0)	19	3		Pac-10
4	1986-09-23	17	Baylor (2-1-0)	9	8		SWC
4	1986-09-23	18	LSU (1-1-0)	8	10		SEC
4	1986-09-23	19	Michigan State (1-1-0)				Big Ten
4	1986-09-23	20	Florida State (1-1-1)	15	5		Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
3	1986-09-16	1	Oklahoma (1-0-0)	1		55	Big 8
3	1986-09-16	2	Miami (FL) (3-0-0)	2		1	Ind
3	1986-09-16	3	Michigan (1-0-0)	3			Big Ten
3	1986-09-16	4	Alabama (3-0-0)	4		1	SEC
3	1986-09-16	5	Penn State (1-0-0)	5		1	Ind
3	1986-09-16	6	Nebraska (1-0-0)	6		1	Big 8
3	1986-09-16	7	Washington (1-0-0)	17	10	1	Pac-10
3	1986-09-16	8	LSU (1-0-0)	14	6		SEC
3	1986-09-16	9	Baylor (2-0-0)	12	3		SWC
3	1986-09-16	10	Auburn (1-0-0)	9	1		SEC
3	1986-09-16	11	BYU (2-0-0)	11			WAC
3	1986-09-16	12	Arkansas (1-0-0)	18	6		SWC
3	1986-09-16	13	Florida (1-1-0)	13			SEC
3	1986-09-16	14	Georgia (1-0-0)	19	5		SEC
3	1986-09-16	15	Florida State (1-1-0)	15			Ind
3	1986-09-16	16	Texas A&M (0-1-0)	7	9		SWC
3	1986-09-16	17	Arizona (2-0-0)				Pac-10
3	1986-09-16	18	Arizona State (1-0-0)				Pac-10
3	1986-09-16	19	UCLA (0-1-0)	16	3		Pac-10
3	1986-09-16	20	Notre Dame (0-1-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
2	1986-09-09	1	Oklahoma (1-0-0)	1		55	Big 8
2	1986-09-09	2	Miami (FL) (2-0-0)	3	1	1	Ind
2	1986-09-09	3	Michigan	2	1	1	Big Ten
2	1986-09-09	4	Alabama (2-0-0)	5	1		SEC
2	1986-09-09	5	Penn State (1-0-0)	6	1	1	Ind
2	1986-09-09	6	Nebraska (1-0-0)	8	2	1	Big 8
2	1986-09-09	7	Texas A&M	7			SWC
2	1986-09-09	8	Tennessee (1-0-0)	10	2		SEC
2	1986-09-09	9	Auburn (1-0-0)	14	5		SEC
2	1986-09-09	10	Ohio State (0-1-0)	9	1		Big Ten
2	1986-09-09	11	BYU (1-0-0)	18	7		WAC
2	1986-09-09	12	Baylor (1-0-0)	12			SWC
2	1986-09-09	13	Florida (1-1-0)	13			SEC
2	1986-09-09	14	LSU	15	1		SEC
2	1986-09-09	15	Florida State (1-1-0)	11	4		Ind
2	1986-09-09	16	UCLA (0-1-0)	4	12		Pac-10
2	1986-09-09	17	Washington	16	1		Pac-10
2	1986-09-09	18	Arkansas	19	1		SWC
2	1986-09-09	19	Georgia	16	3		SEC
2	1986-09-09	20	Michigan State	20			Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
1	Preseason	1	Oklahoma	NA	—	44	Big 8
1	Preseason	2	Michigan	NA	—	6	Big Ten
1	Preseason	3	Miami (FL)	NA	—	1	Ind
1	Preseason	4	UCLA	NA	—	3	Pac-10
1	Preseason	5	Alabama	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	6	Penn State	NA	—	3	Ind
1	Preseason	7	Texas A&M	NA	—	1	SWC
1	Preseason	8	Nebraska	NA	—	1	Big 8
1	Preseason	9	Ohio State	NA	—		Big Ten
1	Preseason	10	Tennessee	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	11	Florida State	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	12	Baylor	NA	—		SWC
1	Preseason	13	Florida	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	14	Auburn	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	15	LSU	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	16	Georgia	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	16	Washington	NA	—		Pac-10
1	Preseason	18	BYU	NA	—		WAC
1	Preseason	19	Arkansas	NA	—		SWC
1	Preseason	20	Michigan State	NA	—		Big Ten

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